Car-window



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J. M. RENNERTY.

GAR WINDOW.

Patented J 5 J M. PENNERTY.

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CAR WINDOW.

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Patented Jan. 5, 1886..

W; N HI in UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. FENNERTY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

CAR-WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,620, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed June 2, 1885. Serial No. 167,421. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. FENNERTY, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Windows; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,where- 1n Figure l is a perspective View from the exterior of a car-window embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof on the line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of a portion of the window from the interior, the inner sliding sash being raised and parts broken away to show the pivotrods on which the outer side sash turnsv and slides. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the pivot or guide rod and cross-bars of the combined sliding and swinging sashes.

Like letters refer to like parts wherever they occur.

My invention relates to the construction of car-windows adapted to facilitate observation and ventilation and to exclude the dust and dirt, which is so great an annoyance to the traveler.

The present invention embodies certain improvements on the invention set forth in my case, Serial No. 132,781, filed May 26, 1884, whereby the devices are better adapted for application to palace and observation cars,

where very large windows are desirable.

To this end the main feature may be stated, broadly, as the combination, with two independent laterallyswinging sashes pivoted on opposite sides,of an intermediate sliding sash, whereby perfect Ventilation and an extended field of vision are obtained, with complete exclusion of dirt, dust, 820. There are minor features which, as matters of detail, are of practical value as aids to obtaining the desired result in the most perfect manner, and such features will hereinafter more fully ap pear.

I will now proceed to describe my invention more fully, so that others skilled in the art to which it appertains may apply the same.

In the drawings, Aindicates the casing, the

width and height of which may be as great as desired. The upper part of the casing may be glazed, as shown at B, or may have a fixed or a detachable sash, at the will of the constructer, and this transom, for the sake of symmetry, is preferably about one-third the height of the whole window-frame. The frame A is divided into sections by vertical rails a, to form jambs for the several sashes, O c 0, in the present instance three in the same vertical plane, though more may be used if the great width of the window and economy of construction demand. Of these sashes the outer ones, 0 c, are rather narrow, and are hinged at opposite sides of the window-frame,

so as to swing outward in opposite directions, while the middle sash or sashes, G, are arranged to slide vertically up into the upper part of the frame or casing, in the usual manner.

As it is also desirable at times to push up out of the way the end sash, c,which is toward the rear of the car, and consequently is not in use as a dust-deflector, I prefer to pivot said sashes c, by means of eyes 11, upon a rod, 6, which rod extends up into the casing, as shown, and thus serves not only as a pintle when the sash c is down, but also as a guide when the sash is pushed up.

f indicates a spring bolt or catch attached to the lower rail of sash c, which engages in holes 9 g, &c., in the sill G, and thus enables the sash c to be swung out and secured at any desired distance.

At the bottom of transom B, and parallel with sill G, is a shed, E, which overhangs the sash 0 when it is swung out, and while this shed E prevents any dust and dirt from falling on the sill G and drifting into the carwvindow, it also, in conjunction with sill G and the sash 0, forms a chute through which the foul air of the car is drawn out, on the ordinary ejector principle.

In order that the intermediate sash, C, may be made as nearly as possible dust-proof, the jamb-rails a are provided with tongues or feathers t, which enter corresponding grooves in the sash G, and for a like purpose flexible flanges k, of rubber, leather, or cloth, or like material, are placed over the sliding and swinging side sashes, 0. hen the sashes c are pushed up, said flanges It will fold back out of the way, and when the sash c is lowered they will fall over and close the crack between the meeting-rail of the sash c and transom B. Within the sashes O c 0 may be placed the usual inner sashes, m m, common to sleepers as now constructed.

In arranging the devices specified for observation and ventilation either of the pivoted sashes a may be swung out and secured according to the direction in which the train is moving. This sash will deflect the dust and dirt and afford complete ventilation. If the weather is such as to permit, and a free view is desired, not only the intermediate sashes, 0, may be raised, but also the rear (or other) sash, c, and thus it will be perceived all the advantages of the best-constructed observation-car can be obtained, combined with perfect ventilation and freedom from dust and dirt.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a car-window, the combination of two independent laterally-swinging sashes pivoted on opposite sides of the frame or casing, and an intermediate vertically-sliding sash, sub stantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a car-window, the combination, with an intermediate sliding sash, of two laterallyswinging side sashes pivoted on opposite sides of the frame or casing, and adapted to slide vertically therein, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a car-window, the combination of a central vertically-sliding sash, an overhanging shed and a sill which project beyond the sliding central sash, and two laterally-swinging vertically-sliding sashes pivoted on opposite sides of the frame or casing, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. In a ear-window, the combination, with two laterally-swinging sashes pivoted on opposite sides of the frame or casing, of duplicate sliding sashes arranged Within the laterally-swinging or pivoted sashes, and an intermediate sliding or central sash, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 2d day of June, 1885.

JOHN M. FENNERTY.

Witnesses:

F. W. BITTER, Jr., H. 13. MOULTON. 

